Kay Carberry, (born 19 October 1950) is the former Assistant General Secretary of the British

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(TUC). Carberry studied at the

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, then at the

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. She worked as a teacher for three years, and became active in the

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(NUT), where she took employment as a researcher. She began working for the TUC in 1978,CARBERRY, Kay
, ''

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'' and in 1988 was appointed as the first head of its Equal Rights Department. In 2003, she was appointed to the vacant post of Assistant General Secretary of the TUC. Carberry has held a number of other posts. She was a commissioner on the

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, and the Equal Opportunities Commission. She is a commissioner of the Low Pay Commission, a board member of Transport for London, a trustee of the People's History Museum, a director of TU Fund Managers, an alternate member of The Takeover Panel and an honorary fellow of St Hugh’s College Oxford. In 2007, Carberry was appointed a

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. She retired from the TUC in 2016.Trades Union Congress,
Paul Nowak appointed TUC Deputy General Secretary
, 25 February 2016

References

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